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Youth Kills self after losing League of Legends game online
Youth Kills self after losing League of Legends game online
A 13-year-old boy died less than 24 hours after being found in his father's room with a coiled rope around his neck and in front of a computer. The family has
Oct. 18, 2016
Hacked Brazzers, Epic Games, ClixSense Data Goes on Dark Web for Sale
Hacked Brazzers, Epic Games, ClixSense Data Goes on Dark Web for Sale
The Dark Web marketplaces have turned out to be the best platform for hackers to sell stolen data. Recently, one of HackRead's reporters stumbled upon a
Oct. 18, 2016
Evony Gaming Company Website Hacked; 33M Gamer Accounts Stolen
Evony Gaming Company Website Hacked; 33M Gamer Accounts Stolen
In June 2016, the official website of Evony gaming company suffered a massive data breach in which 33,407,472 of its registered user accounts were stolen.
Oct. 14, 2016
SIMS Game Custom Content Site Hacked; 118K Accounts Leaked
SIMS Game Custom Content Site Hacked; 118K Accounts Leaked
A hacker going by the handle of “Websites Hunter” who was previously found leaking personal details of Kuwait Automotive Imports Company's customers is back
Sept. 30, 2016
Blizzard Suffers DDoS Attack; Servers Go Down.. AGAIN
Blizzard Suffers DDoS Attack; Servers Go Down.. AGAIN
It's the third time this week that Gaming giant Blizzard has suffered a DDoS attack forcing its servers to go offline worldwide affecting latency/connections
Sept. 23, 2016
PoodleCorp DDoS Blizzard Servers Twice in Last 24 Hours
PoodleCorp DDoS Blizzard Servers Twice in Last 24 Hours
The PoodleCorp hacking and DDoSing group have conducted a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) on the servers of gaming giant Blizzard forcing them
Sept. 21, 2016
Fancy Bear Hackers Leak More WADA Data; Accuse More Athletes of Doping
Fancy Bear Hackers Leak More WADA Data; Accuse More Athletes of Doping
It looks like the Fancy Bear hackers are not done yet. After hacking the official website of World Anti-Doping Agency and Court of Arbitration for Sport
Sept. 17, 2016
Exile Mod Gaming Forum Hacked; 12,000 Accounts Leaked
Exile Mod Gaming Forum Hacked; 12,000 Accounts Leaked
A group of hackers going by the online handle of “Expl.oit” or “Exploit” hacked the official website of Exile Mod gaming forum on Sunday the 28th of August
Sept. 10, 2016
Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) Goes Down
Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) Goes Down
Sony's PlayStation network (PSN) goes down and users are angry again.
Sept. 7, 2016
7 Million LifeBoat Accounts from Jan 2016 Breach Leaked Online
7 Million LifeBoat Accounts from Jan 2016 Breach Leaked Online
Lifeboat, a platform that provides gamers with an option to run servers for playing customised and multiplayer version of Minecraft suffered a data breach in
Sept. 5, 2016
Electronic Arts, EA Servers Down? PoodleCorp claims it DDoSed Gaming Giant
Electronic Arts, EA Servers Down? PoodleCorp claims it DDoSed Gaming Giant
The gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA) is currently experiencing an outage in which EA games, services and support have been impacted.
Aug. 31, 2016
Russia’s Mail.ru Hacked Again; 27 million Accounts Stolen
Russia’s Mail.ru Hacked Again; 27 million Accounts Stolen
A group comprising of just two hackers hacked Russia’s biggest internet company Mail.ru and stole a trove of data from forums hosted on the company's server
Aug. 25, 2016